Nancy, If you are interested I can put you in contact with a consortium of healthcare organizations in Spokane, WA that were very successful in pooling resources to work on their HIPAA compliance. I suggested they talk to WEDI to be used as a model of collaboration between smaller organizations with limited resources.
Regards, David Frenkel Business Development HCTI www.hcti.org 425-260-5030 -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 1:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I Need Your Help! I work for a small county hospital district with limited resources for HIPAA implementation products (gap analysis & risk assessment, P & P templates, etc.) I have looked at the cost of consulting services, software, and "extranets", and to be frank, we can't afford them. What's a small outfit to do? I get glossy brochures every day for the $395.00 big book to compliance with HIPAA. I know these things are garbage and I want better for my hospital. I am looking for the best bang for the buck - a reasonably priced, quality, reputable tool(s) that is simple to use. I AM NOT looking for responses from vendors! In fact, if I get them, I will not consider what you are selling. I am looking for responses (directly to me and not on the listserv) from you folks out there who are health care providers, who are several steps ahead of us, and are using proven products that I seem to be having a hard time finding. Again, please do not post any suggested products on this listserv! Reply directly to me. Tell me about what you are using and an approximate cost. Thank you in advance. The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is specifically prohibited.
